Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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procedure

UK /pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/ · US /pɹəˈsi.d͡ʒɚ/ noun

Forms procedures

  1. noun A particular method for performing a task.
  2. noun A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
  3. noun (uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks. “Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information.”
  4. noun The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
  5. noun (obsolete) That which results; issue; product.
  6. noun (computing) A subroutine coded to perform a specific task, which is not permitted a return value when distinguished from a function.
  7. noun (medicine) A surgical operation.

Synonyms

algorithm method process routine protocol function sub subroutine operation subprogram

Etymology

From French procédure, from Old French, from Latin procedere (“to go forward, proceed”); see proceed.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct. "The true procedure of conscience." South.
  2. noun A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. "Gracious procedures." I. Taylor.

Etymology [F. procédure. See Proceed.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “procedure”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “procedure” (best matches first).

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